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The history of Bridges community from 1998 to 2016 in the Mathematical Intelligencer

The history of the world′s largest mathematics&arts community, the Bridges, is a history of a truly STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics) community. I have summarized shortly the story from the first Bridges conference in 1998 until today in Mathematical Intelligencer.

Thanks to the Bridges Board of Directors for their information, to Mathematical Intelligencer′s main editor Marjorie Senechal, to Maya Tóth, to László Vörös, to István Böszörményi and to Osmo Pekonen and to my colleagues in the Bridges Finland 2016 Local Organizing Committee at the University of Jyväskylä.

STEAM Education and Inclusion: Connecting Practice, Research and Theory - Participation in BERA Seminar at University of Cambridge

The aim of the program is to facilitate extended dialogues which connect STEAM education practices, research and theory around the notion of inclusion within/ outside schools as sites for learning. This event brings together contributors with expertise in science, mathematics, technology, arts – as educators and/or academics – and facilitators, practitioners, head teachers and community organisations who wish to further understand and explore STEAM practices and issues of inclusion while connecting theory and research. Extended dialogues will focus upon the relationship between formal ′school science′ and ′school mathematics′ as they are currently taught and the differential access to science and mathematics knowledges affecting groups inside and outside schools (the commission′s second key question) – from the perspective of science, mathematics, technology and the arts.

We are thankful for all the participants, including Alexander Borovik (University of Manchester) and Yagmur Denizhan (Boğaziçi University) who gave a strong "auftakt" to our track with their insightful speeches. See the list of talks here.

On June 5, 2015 together with Giovanna Di Rosario (University of Barcelona - Hermenia)we have opened an interactive exhibit of electronic poetry. Among the authors David Clark from USA,Rodolfo Mata from Mexico and Jörg Piringer from Vienna have personally attended the event.See the list of contributors of the exhibit here.